Crime Rates at Dorothy Road, Hove, BN3 7GR

Dorothy Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hangleton & Knoll , and the 281st highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorothy Road (BN3 7GR) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% higher than the Hangleton & Knoll average (79.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorothy Road (BN3 7GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Terrace (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.